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Dynamic, force to be reckoned with, a catalyst for change, customer facing software development manager with 20+ years of software development leadership making a career change to operations management.

Summary

A dynamic leader, mentor and collaborator who has acted as the development process improvement expert on several projects. Tenaciously creative approaches to complex problem solving as a visionary forward thinker. An Inventor with 20+ year of bleeding-edge project leadership. Returned to college to peruse a career-changing goal of an MIS with Operations Management Bachelor’s UNC at Pembroke; Graduating December 2018. Personal interest includes Amazon Web Services, Cloud and Artificial Intelligence. When not studying I terraform my gardens and photograph them.

Work & Volunteer Experience

Semi-Retired 2009 – 2015

The Untrained Brain Co., Hendersonville, NC

During the recession took advantage of early retirement. Perused creative interests beyond the technology industry. Focused on fulfilling projects that expanded my understanding of the world and contributed back to the community.

Bachelor of MIS for Operations Management graduating December 2018; career change

Graduated with honours with an A.A.S in Brewing, Distillation & Fermentation (BRCC 2016)

Chairman of community vegetable garden initiative supplying fresh produce for local MANNA foodbank

Designed and built a man-portable Video/Audio Surveillance System for US law enforcement agencies (DEA, Secret Service). Forerunner of current Video over IP surveillance systems, using MVC with Ruby on Rails, JavaScript & AJAX with AXIS video cameras.

Dynamic, force to be reckoned with, a catalyst for change, customer facing software development manager with 20+ years of software development leadership making a career change to operations management.

Summary

A dynamic leader, mentor and collaborator who has acted as the development process improvement expert on several projects. Tenaciously creative approaches to complex problem solving as a visionary forward thinker. An Inventor with 20+ year of bleeding-edge project leadership. Returned to college to peruse a career-changing goal of an MIS with Operations Management Bachelor’s UNC at Pembroke; Graduating December 2018. Personal interest includes Amazon Web Services, Cloud and Artificial Intelligence. When not studying I terraform my gardens and photograph them.

Work & Volunteer Experience

Semi-Retired 2009 – 2015

The Untrained Brain Co., Hendersonville, NC

During the recession took advantage of early retirement. Perused creative interests beyond the technology industry. Focused on fulfilling projects that expanded my understanding of the world and contributed back to the community.

Bachelor of MIS for Operations Management graduating December 2018; career change

Graduated with honours with an A.A.S in Brewing, Distillation & Fermentation (BRCC 2016)

Chairman of community vegetable garden initiative supplying fresh produce for local MANNA foodbank

Designed and built a man-portable Video/Audio Surveillance System for US law enforcement agencies (DEA, Secret Service). Forerunner of current Video over IP surveillance systems, using MVC with Ruby on Rails, JavaScript & AJAX with AXIS video cameras.

Dynamic, force to be reckoned with, a catalyst for change, customer facing software development manager with 20+ years of software development leadership making a career change to operations management.

Summary

A dynamic leader, mentor and collaborator who has acted as the development process improvement expert on several projects. Tenaciously creative approaches to complex problem solving as a visionary forward thinker. An Inventor with 20+ year of bleeding-edge project leadership. Returned to college to peruse a career-changing goal of an MIS with Operations Management Bachelor’s UNC at Pembroke; Graduating December 2018. Personal interest includes Amazon Web Services, Cloud and Artificial Intelligence. When not studying I terraform my gardens and photograph them.

Work & Volunteer Experience

Semi-Retired 2009 – 2015

The Untrained Brain Co., Hendersonville, NC

During the recession took advantage of early retirement. Perused creative interests beyond the technology industry. Focused on fulfilling projects that expanded my understanding of the world and contributed back to the community.

Bachelor of MIS for Operations Management graduating December 2018; career change

Graduated with honours with an A.A.S in Brewing, Distillation & Fermentation (BRCC 2016)

Chairman of community vegetable garden initiative supplying fresh produce for local MANNA foodbank

Designed and built a man-portable Video/Audio Surveillance System for US law enforcement agencies (DEA, Secret Service). Forerunner of current Video over IP surveillance systems, using MVC with Ruby on Rails, JavaScript & AJAX with AXIS video cameras.